Improvement in bee-hives



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,Staten @met JAMES ALEXANDER CAMERON, 0E M E MPHIJS, .'EENNESSEE.y Leim Peet: No. 86,643, @ma Fama/ry 9,1869.

'IMPRO'VEMENT 'In :BEE-mns.

The Schedule referredto :In these Letters Patent and malnng part f'the name.

To all whom 'it lmor/y concern.- A

Be it knownthat I, JAMES-ALEXANDER QAMERON, of the city of Memphis, countyof Shelby, andv State of Tennessee, have invented an Improvement in Bee- Hive. I have named it Moth-Excluding Egyptian Bee-Hive; land I do hereby declare that the following is a ull description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a perspective view.`

Figure 2 is a half of hive, displaying the entrances i letter V1nverted, jno:open1ng at the lower, hut. upE

to thel hive, and ventilators..

Figure 4, honey-board, made of glass, in three or more pieces, .with holes to admit the bees from main hive to supers.V Figure 5, movable frames, these being eight in number.

Figure 6, floor-board, or lower section to hive-entrance.

`l-Figure 7,'moth-decoy, one lbeing placed over entrances on each side of hive.

This hive contains'two thousand and sixteencubic inches, and, by actual'tests in practical use, is so constructed as to eiectually exclude the'moth or "other insects, rst, by the moth-decoy, second, by the other two entrances, through which they have to pass before reaching the interior of 'the hive. i

The second object desired in its construction isventlation; also'to facilitate the bees Ain removing their dead, and' other hivework.

A represents the ventilator, made of Aany perforated B B represent the alighting-boards, placed, one on each side of hive,directly underv the outer entrance and ventilator (l O. y

C C represent the outer entrances, and ventilator. J represents the inner entrance and ventilator. Y D represents the lower section of entrance, or oorbaard.

E represents the honey-board, made of one or more pieces of window-glass, with' holes, to permit the bees to pass into the superfrom main section of hive. They being made of glass,the bees are enabled more effectually to guard against insects andthe moth-worm'.

g g y, the 4A-shaped'bt'tom of hive.

Q, represents movable frames, eight in number, shaped to t bottom part of hive.

S represents the' moth-decoy, open at each end, with a thirdentrance to hive in its side, to t over outerentrance to hive and ventilator.

' The construction at the bottom is' .inthe shape of per angle, thus making a safe entrance to hive under theA inverted V, by the'aid of B, AO O, D, andS.

In the ventilation ofhive, A bein'g. lower than J, 0 C, 'and S, the cold air passesin at A, expelling the heated air in the hiveout--through'J,0,0, and S, thus .keepingthe hive atan even temperature; V O, the cap, a justed without hinges, as shown in ii l. g What I claim as this, my invention, 4and desire to obtain Letters-Patent for,

-. 1. A hive, constructedat its lower section inthe shape of a V, inverted, in combinationwith D, floor-V board of entrance, O G, outer entrance, J, inner entrance, S, moth-deco.y, and B, aligliting-board, as constructed, combined, and arranged. J

2. 'The arrangement of perforated-plates A, inner opening J, entrance-passages O O, and lmoth-decoy S, whereby the `ventilation of the hive is-eff'ected,when

these several parts are combined'as set forth, i i 3. The combination of removablel `cover O, glass.

honevboard E movable frames Q, and moth-decoy S, 'when' the several parts are constructed and arranged as specified. 4 y g1 A. JAMES ALEXANDER CAMERON.

Witnesses: l

H. O. HUNT, J. E. FINLEY. 

